Judgement realms
Yamaloka
Yama’s domain of justice and the assessment of deeds; the court is distinct from any one punitive Naraka.
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The cosmos
Enter divine abodes, celestial spheres, subterranean worlds and cosmic landscapes.
52 Realms & Worlds
All 339 EnhancementsJudgement realms
Yama’s domain of justice and the assessment of deeds; the court is distinct from any one punitive Naraka.
Judgement realms
A collective designation for judgement and punitive environments in Hindu texts; enumerations differ.
Celestial abodes
A solar realm or station associated with Surya; textual cosmography is distinct from modern astronomy.
Celestial abodes
The lunar sphere associated with Chandra or Soma and with ancestral or merit-based paths in differing sources.
Celestial abodes
The ancestral world belongs to teachings on lineage, rites and paths after death; its position varies by text.
Celestial abodes
The world of Siddhas is a named celestial station in Puranic cosmography.
Celestial abodes
A realm-name associated with Gandharvas and celestial music; no single universal map position is asserted.
Cosmic geography
The central dvipa around Meru in a Puranic cosmic-geography arrangement.
Upper lokas
The terrestrial world in the seven-upper-loka scheme; not a single city or temple.
Upper lokas
The intermediate region between the terrestrial world and the celestial sphere in the seven-loka model.
Lower lokas
The first of the seven subterranean worlds in the Bhagavata arrangement, associated with Bala, son of Maya.
Lower lokas
A subterranean world associated with Hatakeshvara-Shiva and Gauri in Bhagavata 5.24.
Lower lokas
A lower world associated with Maya and his protection by Shiva in the Bhagavata account.
Lower lokas
A subterranean realm inhabited by many-hooded serpent lineages in Bhagavata 5.24.
Lower lokas
A subterranean realm associated with Daityas and Danavas in the Bhagavata’s lower-world description.
Lower lokas
Bhogavati is a named Naga city in epic traditions; its relation to broader Naga-world geography is account dependent.
Cosmic geography
The boundary mountain divides illuminated and unilluminated regions in a Puranic cosmic-geography model.
Cosmic geography
The outer named dvipa in the seven-dvipa model; it is distinct from earthly Pushkar.